A summit to discuss access for all transportation users will be held on Tuesday, October 29 from 1-5pm EST at the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington, DC. The goal of the summit is to raise awareness of federal efforts to improve transportation access and mobility for everyone. Register by Oct 22 to attend either in person or via a live webcast.

Intra-Agency Agreements (IAAs) between the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Volpe Center are assessed in a report from the Office of the Inspector General at USDOT. This report identifies the policies and procedures for IAAs between USDOT and Volpe.

Ways to make trucking safer are discussed in a recent meeting with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the National Private Truck Council. Truck drivers and their stakeholders identified safety trends and preventative measures in the trucking industry at the meeting.

The regulations of frangibles are defined in the Frangibility Guidebook Version 1.0 , a report from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Frangibles are structures that are able to survive the environmental loads encountered within an airport's operating area and at the same time, offer little or no resistance to a stray aircraft. This guidebook determines the proper selection and installation of frangible support structures.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking to fill a position in charge of leading NHTSA’s strategic communications efforts. The incumbent will strategize, plan and direct market research, social media outreach, content development, event planning, and press events to promote NHTSA’s safety programs and regulatory priorities. The incumbent will also oversee the development of media materials for national safety campaigns. Additional information and a full list of duties is avai...

An initiative to address disparities in rural transportation infrastructure has been announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation. This initiative, Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES) , focuses on rural road safety and freight conditions.

Practices in cyber security plans for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are presented in Cybersecurity and Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Best Practice Guide , a report from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. An ITS consists of information and communication technologies applied to transportation infrastructure that includes road networks and transit systems. Protecting the complexity of ITS security requires a wide range of technical and operational solutions.

A pilot program is analyzed in Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Independent Evaluation: Program Evaluation Plan , a report from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. This report describes a pilot program for deploying connected vehicles (CV) through the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. It determines whether the CV pilot program achieved its goals and estimates the program’s total costs and impacts.

The newly designed database for collecting automated national traffic crash data is described in Crash Investigation Sampling System: Design Overview, Analytic Guidance, and FAQs, a report from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This report explains how the database uses estimation to determine data and provides examples of its survey data.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has published an updated federal rule to give states more flexibility and choice in which products or services they can use on federally funded highway projects. The goal of this change is to improve safety and increase efficiency while saving taxpayer dollars.